At the end of our life our questions are simple: Did I live fully? Did I love well?
JACK KORNFIELDEach moment of every day is new and then it vanishes. Where is that day? Where is that moment?
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.
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In deep self acceptance, grows a compassionate understanding.
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We must look at ourselves over and over again in order to learn to love, to discover what has kept our hearts closed, and what it means to allow our hearts to open.
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Do not doubt your own basic goodness. In spite of all confusion and fear, you are born with a heart that knows what is just, loving, and beautiful.
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When we struggle to change ourselves we, in fact, only continue the patterns of self-judgement and aggression. We keep the war against ourselves alive.
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What we seek is what we are.
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Each moment of every day is new and then it vanishes. Where is that day? Where is that moment?
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You need a community. They remind you when you forget, and you remind them when they forget.
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The waves do keep coming, so learn to surf.
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We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.
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The basic principle of spiritual life is that our problems become the very place to discover wisdom and love.
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When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another – and ourselves.
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We can always begin again.
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Knowledge and achievements matter little if we do not yet know how to touch the heart of another and be touched.
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The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.
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